Stoughton High Graduation Will Be Indoors Thursday Evening

Not wanting to "gamble with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms," Stoughton High principal Matt Colantonio informed the SHS community the graduation for the class of 2012 will be indoors Thursday evening.

Commencement exercises will still take place June 7 at 5:30 p.m., but will now be held in the .

"An indoor graduation is not open to the public," Colantonio wrote in an email, sent to the school's listserv. "All graduates get two tickets attached to their report cards [Thursday] at the mandatory rehearsal at 1 p.m."

His email continues:

"This means each graduate will only be allowed to bring two guests (which is why the decision to move inside is a difficult one). We also have a handful of extra tickets, but not enough to give a third to each graduate. So, we will distribute the extra tickets at the rehearsal as well in as equitable a manner as we can. We will take the names of all graduates who would like a third ticket and randomly draw the names until the tickets are gone."

"This is not an ideal situation but our seating capacity is limited, and I felt this would be as reasonable an approach to distributing the extra tickets as we could offer."

Since seating in the auditorium is limited to those with tickets, SMAC's Executive Director Steve Innis said those unable to attend can "watch the Graduation LIVE in the comfort of your home."

In an email Innis wrote:

"LIVE Coverage will start at 5:30 p.m. on Comcast Channel 6 & Verizon Channel 26. If you miss the graduation - You can see it replayed several times on both the Educational Access Channel and the Public Access Channel. For times and dates go to: www.stoughtontv.com and click on TV Schedule."